The two teams moved on to the third round of the Group B upper bracket and will meet Thursday, with the winner earning a guaranteed spot in the semifinals of the playoffs of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. The loser will face the team to emerge from the Group B lower bracket; the winner of that matchup advances to the quarterfinals as a high seed while the loser advances as a low seed.

Each eight-team group will have three representatives in the single-elimination playoffs. The quarterfinals and semifinals -- taking place Friday and Saturday, respectively -- are each best-of-three, while the grand final on Sunday is best-of-five.

Fnatic swept eUnited in second-round action Wednesday, winning 16-13 on Overpass and 16-11 on Inferno. Liquid squeaked past mousesports. After mousesports earned a 16-11 win on Mirage, Liquid posted a 16-9 victory on Inferno and a 16-10 decision on Nuke.

Mousesports dropped into the lower bracket, where it will meet BIG, a 2-0 winner over Natus Vincere on Wednesday. Luminosity Gaming produced a 2-0 victory over AVANGAR to earn a lower-bracket date with eUnited.

BIG earn two tight decisions against Na'Vi, 16-14 on Dust2 and 16-13 on Inferno. Luminosity got past AVANGAR 16-14 on Inferno and 16-10 on Train.

In Group A lower-bracket action Wednesday, NRG Esports and Team LDLC.com each earned two wins to set up a win-or-go-home showdown Thursday.

NRG rallied past MVP PK 2-1, then eliminated MiBR 2-1. After falling 16-11 to MVP PK on Dust2, NRG won 16-9 on Train and 16-8 on Inferno. MiBR also jumped in front of NRG, winning 16-10 on Inferno, but NRG bounced back for a 22-18 victory on Cache and a 16-11 decision on Train.

LDLC.com had a similarly tough path, topping Renegades 2-1 and North 2-1. Renegades topped LDLC.com 16-12 on Overpass before LDLC.com won 16-14 on Cache and 16-2 on Mirage. North also could not hold the lead it built with a 16-8 win on Dust2, falling to LDLC.com 16-10 on Nuke and 16-10 on Mirage.